The old testament really is weird. Like, “So, some of you are thoroughly fucked in the head [citation needed]. Therefore, I’m going to mass murder all of you with a flood. But I’ll allow a few of you to survive along with a bunch of animals on a large boat. I’m sure this wouldn’t harm anything in terms of genetic diversity and will be well deserved.”

If a human announced they were going to try that, we’d immediately call them genocidal.

Or like, “Your city really was not welcoming to strangers. I’m just going to destroy it. Everyone in it.”

Or, “Can you sacrifice your son for me? J/k, that was a test.”

Old testament god is absolute barbarian narcissist energy. Loves collective punishment and loyalty tests.